BREAKING NEWS – Charlotte, North Carolina –NBA Commissioner Adam Silver announces that the league and the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) are teaming up to launch what will be called the Basketball Africa League (BAL); a 12-franchise league that is set to begin play in January of 2020. It still needs to be determined which of the existing club teams in Africa will be part of the league, and qualification tournaments will be held later this year to determine that, with teams from Angola, Egypt, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia. Silver went on to say, “One thing that I want all of the members of the upcoming 12 teams in Africa to remember, always be gracious at the end of each game, whether you win or Zulus.”
